"Bottomland" at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park
Sculpture School is an alternative education program started by Tamara Johnson MFA 12 SC and Trey Burns in conjunction with their outdoor art space, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, located in Dallas, TX.
Six multidisciplinary artists selected through an open call traveled to Dallas in June 2021 to explore the Texas Blackland Prairie through site visits, readings, screenings and lectures. Meeting with local cultural producers, they collectively explored Dallas and its surrounding landscape, considering the built environment and its entanglement with nature. Nathalie Alfonso (Miami, FL), Susana Oliveros Amaya MFA 20 SC (Bogotá, Colombia), Brook-Lynne Clark (Dallas, TX), Isaac Dunne (Brooklyn, NY), Emily Lee (Austin, TX) and Hélène Schlumberger (Houston, TX) will present their site-responsive works, developed over the past year, in the group exhibition "Bottomland." The exhibition opens May 14 and runs until September 24, 2022 at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, with various screenings, dinners and special events.
Sweet Pass Sculpture Park is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2018 by Tamara Johnson and Trey Burns, as an extension of their own art practices, and is located in a one-acre lot in western Dallas. Programming highlights artists in an outdoor setting on a rotating basis, with a focus on project-based exhibitions. Sweet Pass exists in the gaps between ideas of gardens, green spaces and public spaces while supporting contemporary art dedicated to site, experimentation and community engagement.
